Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Pictures in This book

 A main Bates Method activity to relax the mind, 
body, eyes and bring clear vision is to improve 
the memory, imagination of mental pictures. This 
is a normal function of the eyes, brain, visual 
system to produce clear vision. A baby (and 
adults) see a unfamiliar, new object clear by first 
‘shifting on it’ (looking at different parts, 
moving the visual attention part to part on the 
object, examining small details). The object 
becomes clear, familiar, memorized, a clear 
memory picture of the object is stored in the 
brain. The next time the baby looks at the object 
it is familiar, remembered clear and the brain 
quickly activates the correct eye movements on 
the object, no effort to see it, relaxation occurs 
and it is seen clear.

This process is done for every new object 
encountered. The brain stores thousands of 
pictures of objects.

Example:
 A baby sees an apple for the first time and it 
may be imperfectly clear due to it being a 
unfamiliar, new object. At first, the baby’s eyes 
move, ‘shift’ slowly on the apple part to part
as the baby’s eyes, brain investigate the new 
object, become familiar with it. The baby’s
eyes, visual attention move from part to part on 
the apple, the brain registering, storing a image 
of each part the eyes look at. A image of the 
apple forms in the brain, memory each time the 
baby sees the apple again. Each time the apple is 
seen, a clearer and clearer, more familiar 
mental, visual picture of the apple is created and 
stored in the brain, memory and it is easier to 
see; the brain activates eye movement, shifting 
on the round, red object easy, relaxed and the 
eyes movement is improved, quicker. Smaller 
saccadic eye movements occur. A perfectly clear 
image of the apple is stored in the brain, memory 
and it is now a familiar object. When the baby 
looks at it, the brain moves the eye muscles, 
eyes correct, quick and easy, part to part on the 
apple and it remains clear.

When the brain remembers, imagines, creates, 
stores clear pictures in the mind, in color, motion 
like a real life movie: the mind, body, eyes relax, 
eyes move easy and vision is clear. 
(Even a stationary object appears to move, with 
‘oppositional movement’ (The Swing) as the
eyes shift part to part on it.)

 Blind people use mental pictures, touch… and 
other senses. One treatment to help cure 
blindness, near blindness is to improve the 
memory, mental pictures of objects. Improve the
memory, imagination, clear mental pictures to 
obtain clear vision. Read Helen Keller’s story
in Better Eyesight Magazine Illustrated with 500 Pictures.

The pictures, true life stories and fairy tales in 
Better Eyesight Magazine cause the person to 
create clear mental pictures, like an active 
motion 'movie' picture occurring in the mind. 
The stories are entertaining, interesting and fun 
to read. This relaxes the mind, eyes, brings the 
mind to a positive state. All these keep the 
vision clear.

When the mind is positive, relaxed, vision clear: 
the memory and imagination improve and the 
improved memory, imagination further improve 
relaxation and the vision. Then the clearer vision 
further improves the memory, imagination, 
relaxation. More vision improvement occurs. 
Ability to remember, imagine and see a object 
clear is greatly improved. It’s easy, relaxing to 
remember, imagine a clear object. Practice 
imagining, remembering objects clear. All 
functions of the visual system are connected. 
Improve one and all improve. 700+ pictures are 
placed in the main E-book and in Better 
Eyesight Magazine to help the reader easily
see/imagine in the mind, learn and apply each 
treatment, activity Dr. Bates describes. Less 
reading, fast eyesight improvement. Each picture 
teaches a Natural Eyesight Improvement 
treatment. Read the print below the picture for a 
quick lesson.

 Remembering, imagining, creating clear mental
/visual pictures is a main Natural Eyesight 
Improvement treatment, normal function of the 
visual system. The brain works with the eyes to 
produce clear vision.

Babies, children and adults learn to see clear by 
first shifting on a new object: moving the visual 
attention, central field from part to part on the 
object, becoming familiar with it, the brain 
visualizing, creating, storing a clear mental and 
visual picture of the object in the memory. In 
this way, the object is seen clear by the function 
of the brain activating, retrieving the clear 
memory picture of the object each time the eyes 
look at the object. The brain works with the 
eyes, eye muscles to move the eyes, (visual 
attention) on the object correct and see it clear. 
The object becomes familiar, easy to see and the 
brain, eyes relax, function perfect, the object is 
seen clear. Familiar objects are easy to see, relax 
the mind, eyes, produce clear vision. The 
imagination also works with the memory to 
produce clear objects, vision.

The pattern of eye movement can change, move 
freely, vary each time the eyes look at the object 
but the brain will also produce certain eye 
movements for that specific object; the brain 
knows how to move the eyes, visual attention on 
that objects specific shape; Example: The brain 
moves the eyes, visual attention on a round
object in a different pattern than when moving 
on a square object; The eyes, visual attention 
(center of the visual field) move in a certain 
basic pattern on the round shape, areas of a 
apple: the center, areas within the circular 
shape, along curved edges, top, bottom, sides...
If the eyes, visual attention try to move on the 
apple as if it has a square shape, squared edges 
and other shapes… (as in the middle picture, 
painting hanging on the wall), then the eyes will 
be moving, looking out into space sometimes, 
away from the apple (see 3rd picture). This will 
be diffusion, eccentric fixation, no central-
fixation because the eyes are not on the object 
when looking away from it. Moving the visual
attention, center of the visual field along, around 
the edge of an apple is different than moving 
along the edge, corner of a square. (See example
; looking at the #7 on the bus in the Memory, 
Imagination chapter.) A memorized, familiar 
object activates easy, mentally stored eye 
movements, shifting part to part, perfectly, 
automatically on the object. Perfect central-
fixation, the object is seen clear.
New, different eye movements are also added 
for each individual object and each time the
object is viewed again because the eyes move 
freely and the eye movements on the object,
scenery is also affected by thoughts in the mind, 
what the brain is thinking about the object or 
other subjects, the distance, angle the object is 
at, lighting, contrast, size... 
Familiar objects are easy to see, relax the mind, 
eyes and produce clear vision. This is why Dr. 
Bates advises keeping a familiar, memorized 
Eye-chart in the classroom to practice on, keep 
the children’s vision clear.

Books that contain entertaining, interesting 
pictures improve the brain, visual systems
memory, imagination of clear pictures of objects. 
This improves eye function with the brain and 
clarity of vision. Children enjoy books with 
pictures. The small pictures in the book can be 
printed larger for children to assemble into a 
coloring book. The child will learn the Bates
Method as the parent describes what each 
picture is. Coloring - eyes moving with the 
crayon, filling in small details, using a variety of 
colors activates eye movement ‘shifting’, central
-fixation, relaxation, positive mind, left and right 
brain hemisphere activation, integration. These 
are Bates Method natural eye functions that 
produce clear vision and straight eyes.
Reading Comic books improve the clarity of 
vision due to the many colorful action pictures, 
interesting, fun to read stories engaging the 
memory and imagination. Eye movement, 
shifting is activated, improved as the eyes, mind 
look at a picture and move from picture to 
picture and on the bubbles of printed words.

 The small pictures in this book prove that 
Natural Eyesight Improvement works! Most 
pictures in this book are drawn by the author. As 
stated earlier, the author of this book attained 
clear close vision at age 40 by using Aldous 
Huxley’s book and taking a Bates Method 
Natural Vision Improvement course from 
Thomas Quackenbush in San Francisco, CA. 
At age 54 my close and distant vision is still 
clear. 500+ pictures were drawn by hand, in 
small size 1½ inches height/width using my 
memory, imagination as I read each article in
Better Eyesight Magazines. Pictures were drawn 
on paper, then traced over on a window pane 
two times, sunlight shining through the window, 
looking at the pictures 1 inch to 6-20 inches and 
up to 5 ft. from the eyes seeing the fine details 
of pictures clear on paper. Pictures were then 
scanned into a computer, refined again in 
Microsoft Digital Image and Photoshop. All this
was done without eyeglasses or magnifiers. The 
Bates Method works!!

Clark Nights E-books are allowed to be 
distributed free by 4 Bates Teachers and all book 
customers. Be aware that a few photograph and 
other pictures in the book were taken from the 
Internet, Microsoft Free Clipart, historical
sources that gave permission to use the pictures, 
Dr. Bates books, Articles and other old copyright 
free books. They stated the pictures are ‘royalty 
free’ but I did not get this in writing, only by 
phone and E-mail. I take full responsibility for 
all pictures in my books. 95% in the 2 main 
books are drawn, copyright by Clark Night.
The Natural Eyesight Improvement student must 
get an eye exam, to check the health of the eyes, 
preferably from an eye doctor experienced with 
the Bates Method of Natural Eyesight 
Improvement. A eye exam from a natural based 
eye doctor that performs exams without constant 
use of eye drops, without drugs, machines, time 
limits for reading charts is most healthy for the 
eyes and will result in the best, accurate 
prescription, not over prescribed/too strong in 
eyeglass strength.

Looking into a machine, mechanical or 
electronic device to test the clarity of vision 
blocks many natural eye functions, can cause 
temporary: increased visual blur, stiff neck, 
block relaxed, normal eye movements and result 
in a unnecessary eyeglass prescription and too 
strong prescription. This will maintain, increase 
vision impairment and interfere with application 
of Natural Eyesight Improvement, prevent the 
eyes from returning to normal function, clear 
vision. I do not trust the new 'Eye Scan 
Machines. Artificial light... into the eyes, 
directly on the retina.

An old fashioned paper eye-chart hung on a wall 
with sunlight on the chart, no glare, used when 
the eyes, mind are relaxed, no pressure to hurry 
is the best way to test for the true level of visual 
clarity, along with the old time retinoscope and 
other harmless instruments to look into, inspect 
the eye. Natural Bates Method Eye Doctors will 
do this. They give the patient time to read the 
chart.

 Eye drops are used to widen the eyes pupil so 
the doctor can look into the eyes and completely 
check the eyes health. This may be necessary to 
insure a though eye exam but constant use of 
eye drops on every exam can impair the eyes 
health. The eye-drops cause; a paralyzed eye 
muscle, widened pupil, blurred vision, light 
sensitivity… I personally will not allow 
eye-drops when taking an eye exam. The drug 
companies are placing harmful and unnecessary 
chemicals, toxins in the eye-drops, various 
drugs for the eyes, tear production drugs and 
drugs for other medical conditions. This causes 
eye, vision, health impairment. Toxins, 
chemicals are placed in vaccines, flu shots, even 
our food, water supply. Contact lens solutions 
have been contaminated with bacteria resulting 
in eye infections, blindness. Chemicals in Sinus, 
Nasal sprays cause Glaucoma, Cataracts, vision 
impairment. Modern Natural Eye Doctor’s are 
seeking a safe alternative to eye-drops, drugs. 

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